Camp-stool and like seat.



No-806,547. PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905.

T. LEBS.

CAMP STOOL AND LIKE SEAT. V

APPLIOATION nun JAN. 11, 1995.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

' THOMAS LEES', or GIRVAN, SCOTLAND. I

CAMP-STOOL A|\ ID"LIKE SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

A ncaum filed January 11,1905. $eria1No. 240,545.

To aZL whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs LEES, a subjec of the King of the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Girvan, Scotland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inCamp-Stools and LikeSeats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide seats of the camp-stooltype principally for outdoor use, as on char-abancs, tram-cars,railway-carriages, motor-cars, and on board steamers, but alsoapplicable for indoor purposes, and which may be conveniently folded upto keep the seat dry when not in use.

The improved seat, which, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings infront elevation at Figure 1 and in plan at Fig. 2, is preferably madefor seating two persons, one alongside the other, comprises a framing Aof triangular form, as seen in front elevation, and having hinged oneach of its inclined sides at front and back, as at a a, a pair ofbrackets B B, whose outer ends are braced by a connecting-bar B, whichwhen the seat is in use is about level with the apex A of the triangularframe A. A-length of carpeting O or other fabric or flexible material isstretched to extend across the brackets B B on each side of thetriangular frame, being secured at each end to the cross-bar B of eachpair of brackets, so as to form a soft and flexible seat on each side ofthe triangular frame A, above the apex of which latter uprights D Dextend,

carrying a divisional rail E, which serves the twofold purpose of anarm-support and as means for keeping dry theseats when the hingedbrackets B B are folded up, so that their cross-bar ends B meetunder it,as indicated by dotted lines at Fig. 1.

A back-support F is carried upon arms G, 4 and these may be fixed orarranged to swing so as to permit of the supportF being brought to frontor rear of. the seats, as in ordinary tram-car seats.

To-insure that the seats may be kept dryin wet weather or in cleaningthe vehicle on which they are fitted, they may be made to fold up, andon the under sides of the brackets'B B, which are exposed when thebrackets are folded up, sheets H of waterproof or like material maybeattached.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

1. A folding seat comprising in combina- $5 tion a framing A havinghinged at each side, brackets B braced by a connecting-bar B,

and having a length of flexible material attached to said bars andstretched across the brackets to form a soft seat on each side of theframe as described.

2. A folding seat comprising in combina- In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

.- THOMAS LEES.

Witnesses:

WALLACE FAIRWEATHER, JnoAnMsrnonc, J unr.

